Congress gets to a ton in tense match | India News

The only condition exactly where Congress was noticed as the favourite in advance of counting of votes started on Tuesday was Rajasthan. However, it was right here that the figures sprang a surprise. Even though Congress taken care of a guide, BJP at situations drew as well close for comfort and ease.

Congress at last finished the day profitable 99 seats, and its pre-poll ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) received an additional, giving the alliance the minimal 100 seats required to stake assert for govt formation. Opposite to exit poll predictions, the Vasundhara Rajeled BJP was not decimated — it gained a respectable 73 seats.

Of the 200 assembly seats in the state, 199 went to polls on December 7. Polling at Ramgarh seat in Alwar was cancelled owing to the dying of the BSP candidate. The BSP has gained six seats — double the amount it received in 2013. The occasion could ally with Congress, which has already began hunting for post-poll alliances in the condition.

The Congress leaders however termed it a huge victory for their social gathering, which experienced won just 21 seats in Rajasthan in 2013. “This is a grand victory. We are forming the authorities in three states. The way Congress president Rahul Gandhi tackled PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in Gujarat, the graph of Congress is likely up and the graph of Modi is continuously going down,” mentioned occasion standard secretary and former CM Ashok Gehlot.

At the similar time, Gehlot talked about forging submit-poll alliances with other get-togethers to continue to keep BJP out of electric power in the states. “We will get the needed vast majority, nevertheless we will take along other candidates or functions, besides BJP, to sort governments,” Gehlot claimed.

“Anybody who has fought versus the BJP ideology in these elections, any person who would like to type a secular, hardworking people’s government will surely appear forward and guidance Congress,” reported Pilot. “I am in touch with most of these people who have won.”

Outgoing main minister Raje received from Jhalrapatan, defeating Congress’ Manvendra Singh with a at ease margin of just about 35,000 votes. Congress’ likely CM candidates Gehlot and Sachin Pilot also won quickly, defeating their BJP rivals Shambhu Singh Khetasar and Yoonus Khan, respectively.

Raje conceded defeat and tendered her resignation to governor Kalyan Singh late Tuesday evening. “I settle for the people’s mandate. I am proud of the get the job done completed by BJP workers in the point out and am hopeful the new government will just take it ahead,” she afterwards informed reporters. Of the 13 Independent candidates who gained, 6 are ex-MLAs of Congress, three are Congress rebels and two who did not get Congress tickets. Just two Independents — Om Prakash Hudla (Mahuwa, Dausa) and Suresh Tak (Kishangarh, Ajmer) — are BJP rebels.

CPM managed to gain two seats — Dungargarh (Bikaner) and Bhadra (Hanumangarh). But its stalwart Amra Ram, who led the farmers’ agitation in Shekhawati region, missing to Congress’ Virendra Chaudhary, son of previous PCC chief Narayan Singh.

Freshly released Rashtriya Loktantrik Celebration (RLP), led by Hanuman Beniwal, gained 3 seats. Beniwal retained his Khinvsar seat, though Indra Devi won from Merta (Nagaur) and Pukhraj won from Bhopalgarh (Jodhpur). The Gujaratbased Bharatiya Tribal Party, which has contested for the first time in Rajasthan, pocketed two ST seats — Chorasi and Sagwara — in Dungarpur district. Of the 5 seats that Congress remaining for its allies, just 1 seat was gained by the alliance — Subhash Garg of Rashtriya Lok Dal won from Bharatpur.

“People have endured a good deal in the final five years, and despite all the pressures and misuse of assets by BJP, the people have provided a mandate against it,” Pilot stated. “BJP received 163 seats in 2013 and the Congress had 21 seats, but now we crossed the halfway mark. It is a victory of the men and women. For us, the most significant detail now is to variety a authorities that is not just a Congress federal government but a people’s govt.”